Contents of the SECURE.DOC file

SECURE is a very good security program specially designed for dBASE III,dBASE III PLUS or FOXPLUS Data Base Manager.

Being a dBASE III user, programer and consultant I soon had the need to keeptrack of authorized users that had previously being active in the application.

I achieved my idea in designing SECURE from a Mainframe application calledROSCOE which if any of you are familiar with, you now how helpful it couldbecome at times.

SECURE starts off by using the following files.

USERS.DBF - Contains all authorized user ids' and their password.USED.DBF - Keeps track of dBASE III system use by tracking logon attempts by issuing a status for that attempt: (IN = successfully logged-on) (OUT = successfully logged-off) (TRY # = logon attempt which after 3 attempts quits dBASE III) - Keeps track of the entered ID name or number - Keeps track of successfully logged-on system time. - Keeps track of successfully logged-off system time and the amount of logon time in dBASE III.

SECURE.PRG - Security program.

SECTIMER.PRG - This program is to be merged into which ever menu program you currently have installed in your system, just before the step where you issue dBASE III to exit to DOS. Example:

CASE(option)='X' ==> merge sectimer.prg HERE! <== QUIT

* This step allows you to keep track of whatever time you user logged-off from dBASE III.

SECFILES.MEM - Is a memory file that issues variables the value of your USERS.DBF & USED.DBF.